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Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood

Poster
1937 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London Passenger Transport Board (issued by)
John Farleigh (artist)
Place of origin
London (issued)

'Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed John Farleigh.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleStrong blossoms with perfume of manhood (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood'. Colour lithograph poster featuring a quote from 'Hertha' by the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne. Designed by John Frederick William Charles Farleigh. Issued by the London Passenger Transport Board. England. 1937.
Physical description
'Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood'. Colour lithograph poster. Signed John Farleigh.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
John Farleigh

Note
Signed.
Historical context
Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood, shot out from my spirit as rays.The quote 'Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood' is taken from the poem 'Hertha' by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909). The full line reads as: 'Strong blossoms with perfume of manhood, shot out from my spirit as rays.'
Subjects depicted
Poetry
Quotations (Texts)
Association
Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Associated object
E.1137-1937 (Series)
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
  • Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number
12/C5 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.139-1961

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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